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Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven gold medals, each in world-record time.
Jun 25, 2024 · Mark Spitz, American swimmer who, at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, became the first athlete to win seven gold medals in a single Games; his record was broken by Michael Phelps in 2008. Spitz also captured two gold medals, a silver, and a bronze at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
Sep 4, 2022 · For Mark Spitz, Olympic Greatness Came Amid Tragedy. The former swimmer said it was “like an out-of-body experience” to win seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Games and then learn that ...
Aug 26, 1972 · Spitz won by half a stroke, with yet another world record. The final gold followed, and so did the place in history. Seven events, seven gold medals, seven world records. It was the greatest medal haul an athlete had enjoyed from a single Games, surpassed only by Michael Phelps in Beijing.
Mark Spitz held the record for most gold medals won at a single Olympic Games for 36 years. It was finally broken by American phenomenon Michael Phelps who won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Feb 6, 2019 · Tall, dark, goggle-less and, most crucially of all, moustached, Mark Spitz is one of the most instantly recognisable Olympic athletes of all time. At the Munich 1972 Games the swimmer won seven gold medals in a scarcely believable seven world-record times.
One of the greatest living sports legends, Mark Spitz might be remembered best by his astonishing win of seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
Mark Spitz. Two-time Olympian (1968, 1972); 11-time Olympic medalist (9 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze) Mexico City 1968, gold (4x100-meter freestyle, 4x200 freestyle), silver (100 butterfly), bronze (100 freestyle) Munich 1972, gold (100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 4x100 freestyle, 4x200 freestyle, 4x100 medley) 9. GOLD.
Jul 19, 2021 · A nine-time gold medalist, Mark Spitz knows a thing or two about how to successfully navigate the Olympic Games as an athlete. Spitz, now 71, held the record of seven gold medals in a single...
Jun 5, 2021 · Before there was Michael Phelps, there was Mark Spitz. And Phelps never rocked an iconic mustache, either. Until Phelps came along, Spitz was an unparalleled Olympic swimmer. Hell, he's an Olympic legend regardless of the sport.
